Meet Our Newest Marine Life Resident!
A baby bamboo shark has arrived at Discovery Space—and we need your help to name him!
Discovery Space is now home to a baby shark
Through our partnership with Electric City Aquarium & Reptile Den in Scranton, Discovery Space’s Marine Life Center has welcomed a juvenile Whitespotted Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum).
Classrooms throughout Central PA submitted names, and now YOU can vote to decide what we call him!
From Pearl to a New Chapter
Our partnership with Electric City Aquarium first brought Pearl, a California round ray, to Discovery Space in March 2025. Local classrooms helped choose her name, and ever since, kids and families have watched Pearl grow from a tiny juvenile into a thriving stingray.
Now, Pearl has relocated to Electric City Aquarium’s permanent exhibit, making room for our newest marine life resident.
The story continues—with a new animal, a new opportunity to learn, and a new name to choose.
SPOTLIGHT ON
Marine Life at Discovery Space
The White-Spotted Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) is the newest chapter in Discovery Space’s partnership with Electric City Aquarium & Reptile Den. Like Pearl before it, the shark will spend an important stage of its growth at Discovery Space, giving children and families the opportunity to observe a living marine animal up close while learning about marine biology, conservation, animal care, and ocean ecosystems.
Pearl’s journey showed us how powerful that experience can be. After watching her grow from a tiny juvenile into a thriving stingray, our community will soon say goodbye as she moves to Electric City Aquarium’s permanent exhibit. Now, a new marine resident is on the way—and you get to help give it a name.
By bringing marine life closer to home, and building programs like Professional Pathways, Discovery Space helps kids turn curiosity into questions, questions into learning, and learning into a lifelong connection with science.
Interested in supporting our Marine Life program?
Reach out to Executive Director Michele Crowl PhD at .